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Windows 7: Clean Install Windows 7

You may need to remove the HDD from you computer, connect it in another computer, do the clean all command on the HDD, put it back in your computer, then try installing with your Windows 7 installation disc.

The link below at Sony will show you how to boot from your recovery partition at boot to hopefully be able to restore your default OS. It's currently down for maintenance right now, so keep checking back at that link later until it's back up again. Normally your would press ALT+F10 at boot to start the recovery process on a Sony VAIO laptop though.

Okay so I pressed alt f10 and I think i got to the recovery partion but before It could start It says this
Windows Boot Manager
Windows Has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer.

This error can be caused by unplugging a removable storage device such as an external USB drive while the device is in use, or by faulty hardware such as a hard drive or CD-ROM drive that is failing. Make sure any removable storage is properly connected and then restart your computer.

If you continue to receive this error message, contact the hardware manufacturer.
Status: 0xc000000e9
Info: an unexpected I/O error has occurred.

Well I tried running the repair disc multiple times and it still got a black screen with cursor and I tried running the Vaio Recovery Environment multiple times with the same result over and over again of the error I posted hence, the definition of insanity lmao. Just to make sure is there really no other way of getting my computer to work?

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